Canada has offered to support an ongoing investigation into a missile that struck NATO member Poland this week, prompting concerns of an escalation in the the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Defence Minister Anita Anand confirmed Canada’s offer of support while speaking to reporters on Wednesday, after meeting with NATO counterparts earlier in the day.
“We discussed the situation in Poland. There is an investigation occurring now, and it would not be prudent for me to discuss the results of that investigation, because they have not been released at this time,” Anand said.
“I will say that Canada has offered to support that investigation.”
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The missile struck Polish farmland on Tuesday, killing two people. According to the preliminary evidence there is “absolutely nothing to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday.
“Ukraine’s defence was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory,” Duda said.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting of the 30-nation military alliance in Brussels, echoed the preliminary Polish findings, saying: “We have no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack.”
When results of Poland’s investigation into the strike emerge, Anand said Canada “will analyze them.” The findings should be available “in the short term,” she added, but offered no specifics in terms of a timeline.
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